Terry - did you have to mention Maine?? Now you've got me thinking of a nice big Maine lobster. Thinking is the key word here - since they are definitely not in my food budget.

Around here we have Chesapeake Bay crabs - which are really delicious - but a whole lot of work for just a little meat. There's a knack to picking crabs that I have never mastered, and all I end up doing is cutting my fingers up on the sharp shells, and getting the Old Bay seasoning in the cuts, which stings like the devil. If someone picks them for me, I'm only too happy to pig out on them!